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		arte2k on Oct 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook is using D in production starting today not as far as I know. while having garbage collection was an asset when java was created, currently with ubiquitous RAII usage in c++ it's just a hindrance.

eco on Oct 11, 2013 | [–]

The GC is optional in D (parts of the standard library use it so you'd have to avoid those). D uses RAII when it makes sense too.

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